Two of the consistently most hyped teams in Super rugby round off week 2′s action.
Both teams laboured to first round derby victories. Both teams made significant backline signings in the off-season and both look to have strong squads on paper. Games between these teams are often close fought and go down to the wire. Will the Stormers build on their win in the Coke tin and please the Newlands faithful, or will the Waratahs boost their semi final hopes with a crucial away win?
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Ars: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Jonathon White (New Zealand)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick off: 19:10 (SA time) 17:10 GMT
Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Lionel Cronjé, 22 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Waratahs: 15 Sosene Anesi, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Tom Carter, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Will Caldwell, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Hendrik Roodt, 19 Dave Dennis, 20 Josh Holmes, 21 Daniel Halangahu, 22 Rory Sidey.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Jonathon White (New Zealand)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
I hope this ref has a decent game and doesnt stuff up like he did against the Sharks.
The Stormers by 8.
i say the stormers by 1 good luck
Thanks!
I hope they dont disappoint this evening!!
@wpw (Comment 3) : me too. We need a little cheer
@robdylan (Comment 4) :
The Bulls game starts soon. Will you be supporting them too??
well i am have to lms points
Stormers by 10
stormers by 1
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOORMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wont be able to do updates for this match. Stormers get me a bonus point please
Keith Brown. Yipee!! NOT
@wpw (Comment 11) : Hopefully he feels he owes SA a favour.
The stadium doesnt look full. Whats up wiff dat??
@wpw (Comment 13) : LOADS of people still streaming in, ground almost sold out
@wpw (Comment 13) : Probably still more people than anywhere else so far.
Oh and good evening ladies and gentlemen, the Tahs have just taken the field
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 14) : There you go. The Province faithful deliver once again.
Aaaaand we’re off
how’s that for timing.
JUST got home.
Hello Keith Brown my old friend.
Who the hell is this? 17 Eusebio Guinazu
Stormers lose their first lineout, Schlak knocks on and Habana tries to get away but gets called back for the knock, scrum Tahs.
@wpw (Comment 1) :
There was nothing wrong with the ref against us last week.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 20) : Argentine prop, contracted to Boland, plays both sides but primarily a tighthead
well lets hope u win
Eusabio is a tight head prop from Argentina. Currently on Boland’s books…
Tahs full of running early on, cutting through the Stormers line but some good goal line defence by the stormers wins them a penalty and Joe P clears the line.
gee fighting thats nt so good come on boys just play the game and leave the fighting for the kids around the block
Break in transmision but Joe P lines up kick at goal and pushes it wide to the left, scores are 0-0 after 11minutes
Schalk chases a high ball from Peter Grant…and does it well
Scrum on the Tahs 22, blue ball
Light blue
Lineout on Stormers 5m, Duane Vermuelen decides to run it out, stormers get to 45 m line and the penalised.
come on boys points on the board will do provicejoulekkading are at the game or watching it at the tv
I wonder if KSA Shark will be defending the referee thru’out this game??
Berrick Barnes nailes the kick and puts the first points on the baord 3-0 to the Tahs after 18mins
@Charmaine (Comment 33) : At the game ma’am
bloody nose he got stormers are strong guys nt sissies be carefull
Schalk Burger replaced for Pieter Louw, dont know why.
gee use ur cell or got your laptop only jokes
tell the guys they must win by 1 or just win aahhhhh enjoy the game holding thumbs
Habana makes a huge effort to keep the ball in play much to the appreciation of th Newlands crowd
Pieter Louw you biskit!
what is going on gee surley it easy to get points or what but very hard game
Duane Vermuelen sorry!
oh shit that guy nearly got a boot up his but
that the way to do it go stormers
TRY TIME!Don’t know how the tmo called it but he did. Francois Louw!
well ain’t that good keep up the good work but if tmo gave it we’ll take it don’t you think
Why the hell didnt De Jongh pass there??
Francois Louw having a great game. Stormers on the attack now!!
Score dudes?
aag no guys need 3 stars and a very long way to go
The Stormers centre have no clue in using Habana
@VinChainSaw (Comment 50) : 7-3 Stormers
@ wpw, De Jongh is oek uitgevriet om te pass
come on guys points and points 10 3 very gooddddd
10-3
Peter Grant having an ordinary day at the office, Habana looking for work.
still think my sb score by stormers by 1 is going be just right well i hope don’t think the score is going to be to highhhhh
no it not f!*^%%%k light blue its just yes you want to give it to us
Tahs concede a penalty for holding after the hooter, Joe P lines up and does the necessary 13-3
Did pee wee just tell the ref to f off?
well half time 13 to 3 well done boys still another 40 mins to go
They need to bring Habs and Aplon into the game. Why the hell dont they use their outside backs??
provincejoulekkading u heard the guy we can’t u are there go and tell him aahhhhh
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 53) :
Cheers dude!
@VinChainSaw (Comment 64) : out so early dude still early
@ wpw, Stormers midfield’s clueless
well here we go again 13 6
HABANA OPENS HIS ACCOUNT!!!!!!!!!
Habana you beauty!
gee i just missed that one hubanna go just go 20 / 6
Now THAT is what Habs brings to the party!! Brilliant stuff…
Habana charges down a kick and goes round to score under the post.Joes conversion is on point and the score is 20-6
Crowd attendace tonight is 37 268
Not convinced that january has got his form back.
@Just a Fan (Comment 74) :
Mechanic has been ok’ish!!
Nice break by Ricki.
Penalty Stormers!!
@wpw (Comment 75) : Halfback pair has been ok’ish
Dammit Ricky. Knock on at the ruck… Waratahs scrum in their own 22
And the mechanic shuts us up by putting Habs away!
Habana TRY
Wpw – mechanic is getting worse..
time to bring on dewage.. GO HABANA!!!!
Just a fan
Did you not see what he just did??
Ricki breaks dummies and puts Habana away for his second try of the night, Joe P does the rest, 27-6 Stormers
27 – 6 Stormers
57 mins
@Just a Fan (Comment 81) : I freaking hate Duvenhage
In Rickis defence he has been doing alot of off camera work
PJLD – he is better though thans Ricky…mechanic gives away way more than he creates.
Duvenage is not bad. Does the basics well but thats about it.
Bolla had a much better pre-season than Dewald
well was busy for 10 min or so and look at that score
JAF
Duvenage is not in the same class as Ricky.
@Just a Fan (Comment 87) : Dewaldt is extremely overrated.
@Just a Fan (Comment 87) : I’d have a club 2nd team scrummie in my squad before I pick Duvenhage.
At the moment so is January.
Scrum penalty to Stormers
Stormers set up a maul in Waratahs territory.
PJLD – you would loose
Geo Aplon definitely holding his own…def one to watch for the future.
Anton Van Zyl comes on for De Kock Steenkamp
pjld
What is your opinion of Steenkamp?? I dont think he should be starting ahead of Van Zyl
@Just a Fan (Comment 96) : Heres the thing, Dewaldt Duvanhage is extremely talented, he is also extremely prone to doing dumb stuff like random no look pop passes to nobody.
Are hyou guys seriously disputing Ricky’s contribution?
7 kicks and 4 runs v 23 passes – thats what a 9 should do.
Whats Kockott’s stats again?
Duvenhage is ok – but Ricky just needs to be fit and he is a massive asset.
Excellent 2nd half from the Stormers so far – much better than watching that team who played the Cheetahs yesterday.
@wpw (Comment 99) : I think he should be on the bench for a lil while at least with van Zyl starting.Better lineout option than Van Zyl though
@Just a Fan (Comment 97) :
He is about 27 – not an investment in the future.
Mapoe, Mvovo and maybe the new Lions wing Muir rates so highly are more likely future contenders.
PJLD – sounds like you’re describing Ricky January.
@Big Fish (Comment 101) : Preach brother preach
GO RICKY !!!
@Just a Fan (Comment 104) : Your cousin is on the field
Someone has had a brain fart! Taking off aplon.
In the 72nd minute the ref decides to blow like he did last week thinking “I better blow as strictly as i did last week, or else they might think I got spoken to for cocking up last week”
LMAO @ PJLD
If Gary Golds twitter updates are anything to go by then Juan De Jongh is gonna be on Springbok duty this year.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 110) : Say what you wanna say and then delete it later
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 113) :
And then De Jongh fluffs the last move of the game.27-6 final score.
Decent game…welldone Stormers.
Full Time
Stormers 27 Waratahs 6
It’s amazing how this wanker did nothing wrong last week and this week all the things he was super strict on last week are being let go that little bit longer.
In South Africa a skaapsteker is a snake.
well done got you to win by 1 and those extra points bak gat stormers saak wel gedoen
Well done to the Stormers!!
I wonder who will get MOTM.
Ricki perhaps??
Crikey but Pietersen has an awesome tackling technique.
Feels good to put 21 points on a team and keeping them tryless.
Well played boys.
Thought Ricky looked great. Passing was crisp and he started darting around again. Some good hassling there towards the end too.
Andries Bekker is MOTM.
Great intensity by the Stormers.
Key was the support play and ground work. Looks like a well-drilled team for once.
ok everyone i’m out
Presser : Coetzee happy with the team performance.
Schalk asked to come off, doesn’t know exactly whats wrong, will only know on Monday, first time he has felt something like this.
Message to the team after Schalk went off was to just fall onto the many leaders in the team and carry on with structures
Coetzee: Stormers want to keep the ball in hand more, fortunate to have Ricki in the squad, pleased to see him perform well.
Coetzee: Always knew it would take time and patience to get through Tahs defence.Players knew playing in the right areas on the field with patience would win the penalties.
Bekker:We focus a helluva lot on defence, defence coach Jacque Nienaber is a lunatic when drilling the team
Schalk: Tonight was a big test, glad to have stepped up from last week , but Brumbies on Friday wil pose a totally different challenge
Coetzee: We adapted well to the refs calls tonight but every week its going to be a case of sussing the refs interpretation quickly
Thanks PJLD. Was any of Voldy’s staff at the presser??
Coetzee:De Kock was only pulled off as a precaution
@wpw (Comment 135) : Not that I can see
Bekker: Tahs were very illegal in the maul.
Coetzee: Wicus Blauw may be available next week
6 from 7 on SB
Well done Stormers.
Brown, what a quality ref.
Ricky for President.
Hey McLovin. Enjoy the game did you??
@McLovin (Comment 143) : HEAR HEAR
@wpw (Comment 144) : I did.
Hope they keep it up. Brumbies a quality side & Stormers record not that hot against them.
One last thing.
GEE DIE BAL VIR BRYAN!
PS. Phil Waugh is a box.
@McLovin (Comment 149) : Dude, you have to hear that Orc speak.Gee wizz